Thanks, ya I'll have to do one of those...thought that the people here might fit my market a little better than the people who will answer a survey for me on facebook (which is where id have a link to my survey)

I'm not sure what level you're working at here, but if you're expected to do any serious kind of research and want it done without paying for survey software then use qualtrics.com

The most useful feature is the ability to cross tabulate results, so if you ask all the questions above, but also ask about user demographics, age, gender, personal habits or whatever is relevant then you can start to analyse trends.

For example, compare age with music taste, and find the difference between what young and old people listen to, do males tend to buy different sizes of headphones? do single people spend more on headphones than couples?

This allows you to identify target markets and discover gaps in the market, if you're into that kind of thing.

Surveymonkeys gone a bit shit these days to be honest, unless youre willing to pay for it.

Sorry about the laziness my friends, I provided no background and that seems dumb of me. This is for my Senior Studio project and I'm designing a pair of headphones for the urban city dweller...focusing on styling, innovative features, portabiility, and brand identity.

After some research I've decided to design my headphones for/ based on the new windows 8 ecosystem...based partly on the fact that people like "dedicated" hardware i.e. the apple earbuds, because of the brand and design continuity. I'm in the late stages of (the bulk of) my research and the early stages of concepting...any feedback regarding the headphones will help! Thanks!